Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05
Washlneton Letter.
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tFrom our Regular Correspondent-)
1FAsnIN0TON D. e. Jan 10Th, 81.
The United States Senate has done
al least Two notable things this week.
Il has gwen ne British Lions tail a
1lc'ous twist. and IL has again refused
80 give The women who want 10 vote a
change 10 submit the Constitutional
amendment on Woman Suffrage to the
State Legislatures
IL is Interesting 10 be reminded now
and then that the American Eagle can
sin soar, and that the fire of our revo-
iulionary sires is not extinct. The
beillaerent .oratory of Senators Ingalls,,
FRYE and Hale has furnished ample
proof Of this. The occasion was debate
On the bin empOwing the President to
close the ports of the United States
against Canadian imports. as a measure
"a retaliation, in ease Great Britain per
sisls Ia violating her treaty obligations
bg srbiecting american fishermen 20
indienities and Outrages in Canadian
waters.
Senator lugalls thought it was time
70 setlie fishery difficulties either by
negotiation or by war. The measure
bader discussion was distinctly one OF
retaliation. IL was AN eve for an eye,
q fi-h for q fish, an insult for an Insult.
countries L-lA lGlAA AA+L--AA-sLl-- WIN DAN'DA
on less provOcaiDn.
Senator Frye declared that the annals
OF histOry-eYen of the Fiji Islands
might be searched without finding cases
u ouu aces so brutal and inhuman All
these cases, he said had been brought
10 the attention of the British Govern
nlen1. There was not line in the his
tory Of England for the last 500 years
that gave the slightest reason 10 believe
thai In Ike pursuit OF gains in the pur-
suit OF trade, she would ever permit the
ght OF another to stand IN the way OF
her p ogress. Senator Morgan though.
tie law could be enacted without blood
thirsty threats, and Senator Vest ad-
Eised caution.
When the cause of woman came up
in the Senate, Tuesday, there were
about a hundred ladies from all parts
OF the country leaders in the woman
suffrage mOvement-in the Senate gal
berry auxiCusly awaiting the result. SEN
atcr Blair, Of New Hampshire, WOman's
hest Senatorial friend, had promised 10
make IN effort to get the question "
ior debate at this hour. The pet meas
es OF several Senators were in the
way as unfinished business, hut they
gAllnntly voted against their own bills
in favor Of the ladies. Senator Beck
was ore Il these. lie had intended 10
bring up his bill preventing Members OF
Congress fsCm acting as attorneys tOI
railroads, and Lie mentioned that Il dis
GueuisEod lady Miss Anothy) had SEM
IL Tor him three times the day before,
and he had refused TO 20 out 10 see hei
because lie knew he would be unable To
refuse what she would ask. He knew
she would ask him 10 waive the claim
of his important question IN favor VI
hers.
The " men arc not asking Congress
to let them vote. rs Congress has not
that power. They ask Congress %
agree that the following proposed
amendment TO the Constitution may be
egbmitle 1 10 tie various State Legisla-
tus e.. 1.-The right Of citizens OF the
United States 20 vote shall not be de-
MED on account of sex. Congress shall
have power, by appropriate Legislation
10 enforce the provisions OF this article
Half a dozen Senators made shou
speeches for and against W, man sst-
4. age, and then By . vote of "a 10 l6 the
proposed amendment was again reject
zi=-----y9GappOinted ladies IN the Gal
lery repaired Immediately TO The Met. d.
poutan Church, where they opened
their nineteenth "A nCal convention IL
Washington. There they discussed man
ia general and the lawmakers Of ths
Uniied States IN particular in langua-e
szi'a able 10 lheir outraged feelings.
ID was sad 10 see Miss Anthony, that
grim resolute veteran Of ", man $ igh
for wtman, Just a little discourage
after waiting and working so hard 10
forty Years, She acknowledged that the
prom .sed land seemed yet u long va
of. She knew tLat woman must have
all her rig hts ia time, but there was no
telling how long she would have L.
wait.
Mrs. Shaiuek. of Massachusetts, who
IS q 6ne speaker with u lne voice,
links il will be at least twenty Year
before all the women Of the UuteC
States viii be able 10 vote. She divides
the women who do not want To vote ln-
40 six classes: First. the prejudlced :
second the uniformed; third. thOs,
who are afraid OF their genilemeI
fiiends; fourth, those who always Ski k
lheir duties; fifth, those who shrink
from new duties because they fear their
Inability 10 perform them well, and
siXtlI, those VITO fear the influence OF
rke ballot on immoral classes OF women,
aLd who think there is 100 much voting
81 eady.
She gave an eloquent account OF what
The good women are doing in temper
aLce, IN labor unions, in lifting up the
degraded everywhere, and closed her
speech by an earnest appeal directly 70
her audience, 70 enlist under the banner
of those who ask for the ballot.